[Bug fortran/52153] REAL128 gives extended precision, not quad precision

[sgk at troutmask dot apl.washington.edu]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52153

--- Comment #7 from Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl.washington.edu> 2012-02-08 21:15:50 UTC ---
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 09:02:06PM +0000, steven at gcc dot gnu.org wrote:
> 
> --- Comment #6 from Steven Bosscher <steven at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-08 21:02:06 UTC ---
> Did this feature already exist in GCC 4.6?
> If so, it would be good to mention
> this change under the "Caveats" section in
> http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/changes.html
> 

The feature and bug have been around since

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r147635 | fxcoudert | 2009-05-17 07:15:24 -0700 (Sun, 17 May 2009) | 14 lines

        * iso-fortran-env.def: Define INT8, INT16, INT32, INT64, REAL32,
        REAL64 and REAL128.
        ...
        * trans-types.c (get_typenode_from_name, get_int_kind_from_name,
        gfc_get_real_kind_from_width_isofortranenv): New functions.

so technically not a regression.  It also appears that the
addition was documented here

http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.5/changes.html